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More peas, please! 17 delicious ways to devour Britain’s most brilliant vegetable

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More peas, please! 17 delicious ways to devour Britain’s most brilliant vegetable
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They’re healthy, versatile, sustainable and available. Yet pea consumption in the UK is at a 50-year low. Here are the curries, dips, pasta dishes and even cakes that could turn all that aroundIt’s not good news for the pea farmers: pea consumption in the UK has fallen to a 50-year low. According to data from Defra, the average Briton ate just 37g of peas per week in 2025, down from 144g per week in 1975.Though a classic British staple, peas are not for everybody. Apparently only 22% of gen Z as

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